Senior Staff Network Engineer
Sandisk · Milpitas, CA
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Jul 21, 2026
Milpitas, CA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior network engineering role focused on designing, deploying, and optimizing global network infrastructure across corporate and manufacturing sites. Day-to-day work spans routing and switching (BGP, SD-WAN, OSPF, VLANs), network automation (Ansible, Git), troubleshooting complex escalations, and maintaining documentation. Suited to an experienced network engineer with 12+ years across enterprise routing, switching, wireless, and security who is comfortable leading projects across multiple time zones.
Senior level · 12+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 2–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $136,293 (middle half $104,938–$171,398).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role sits at the boundary between network engineering (architecting and deploying infrastructure) and network operations/administration. It is classified as 15-1244 because the primary day-to-day work is designing, deploying, and operating network infrastructure (routing, switching, wireless, WAN) rather than writing and shipping software; however, the automation/tooling development component (Git, Ansible, network automation) gives it a mild 15-1252 flavor — hence the alt code.
No salary figures are published in the posting; compensation details reference a range applicable to CA, CO, and NY but no numbers are stated.
Cisco and Arista are listed together as the data center switching platforms ('Cisco/Arista switches'); they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for a single hardware-platform requirement.
Infoblox is explicitly called out as 'a PLUS' under Preferred.
CCNP/CCIE certifications are listed under Preferred as 'preferred' — not a hard gate.
The posting does not specify a work location city beyond the company's general presence; Sandisk's headquarters is in San Jose, CA, which is used as the metro.
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